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  1. Thread: FireFox v.111.0 issues by jamis
    Forum: Browsers and Email
    Replies 3 Views 954

    FireFox v.111.0 issues

    Just updated FF to v.111.0 and this thing is a resource hog at best. The process count is up to 28 after loading the home page and is sucking up just shy of a GB of memory. I opened the bookmarks tab...
  2. Thread: Thank You For Everything... by jamis
    Forum: Chillout Room
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    Looking at a W11 Home, i7 12700 machine with 16GB...

    Looking at a W11 Home, i7 12700 machine with 16GB of RAM, 1TB SSD, and 2 SATA SLOTS for $1K. I think that will last us awhile.
  3. Thread: Thank You For Everything... by jamis
    Forum: Chillout Room
    Replies 2 Views 416

    Thank You For Everything...

    Our 14 year old ASUS W10 tower has reached a sort of EOL point. It's not W11 compatible and I don't feel like going through the effort to put W11 on it. It runs OK occasionally and I've decided it...
  4. Thread: C Drive 100% Usage Hang by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 7 Views 1,270

    Did a. full system image restore from...

    Did a. full system image restore from mid-December and the issue with ntoskrnl.exe went away. However , the drive still goes to 100% and stays there. It doesn't lock things up, but some tasks can...
  5. Thread: Does tiny 2.5 HDDs have such a short life? by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 9 Views 804

    Perhaps it's because the smaller drives are being...

    Perhaps it's because the smaller drives are being used in more portable devices and are more subject to environments that "impact" them? I have two Toshiba 1 TB USB portable 2.5" drives about a year...
  6. Thread: Does tiny 2.5 HDDs have such a short life? by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 9 Views 804

    Interesting that Toshiba publishes MTTF numbers...

    Interesting that Toshiba publishes MTTF numbers for their 3.5" drives (600,000 hrs.), but not their 2.5" drives.
  7. Thread: C Drive 100% Usage Hang by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 7 Views 1,270

    Apologies. The offending process is listed by...

    Apologies. The offending process is listed by Task Manager as System. Properties shows it as ntoskrnl.exe. That's what I get for not using my glasses. I capitalized it to highlight it in the posts. ...
  8. Thread: C Drive 100% Usage Hang by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 7 Views 1,270

    Yeah, Norton360 is running all the time and runs...

    Yeah, Norton360 is running all the time and runs a full system scan every Friday night. At one point, I thought it was a hang culprit, but even if it is using 100% of the drive, it will release to...
  9. Thread: C Drive 100% Usage Hang by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 7 Views 1,270

    C Drive 100% Usage Hang

    I posted this issue in a couple of other threads and thought it was fixed. I'll start a new one to focus in on the issue. At various times the C drive (HDD SATA) usage will go to 100% and stay there...
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    Win Update I was uninstalling the Feb. B cycle updates and...

    I was uninstalling the Feb. B cycle updates and this update installed itself during the uninstall process. WU was paused until April also.
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    I had the same thing with the Feb. Patch Tuesday...

    I had the same thing with the Feb. Patch Tuesday Updates. It wasn't too bad, but noticeable. The real issue I had was the C drive would get driven to 100% and hang there for hours. It would take...
  12. Thread: System Hang On C Drive by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 11 Views 1,306

    Well the drive hang came back after a couple of...

    Well the drive hang came back after a couple of days. CHKDSK, SFC, DISM, and Chrystal Disk Info didn't show anything new, so I uninstalled all of the February Patch Tuesday updates. While that was...
  13. Thread: Possible CPU problem advice please by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 18 Views 1,711

    Infrared thermometer. Probably don't want to...

    Infrared thermometer. Probably don't want to spend the $30+ if you don't have access to one. It's what the medical offices used to check your temperature during Covid. I have had one for years as...
  14. Thread: Connect old SATA-drive USB-connection by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 16 Views 1,643

    I had an HDD from a W95 computer and purchased a...

    I had an HDD from a W95 computer and purchased a complete USB enclosure with cable ($30) to mount it in. Plugged right into my W10 USB port and was recognized. Been using it as a file backup device...
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    FWIW, IE continues to run even though I don't...

    FWIW, IE continues to run even though I don't ever use it. CCleaner finds IE files multiple times a day when it cleans the drive.
  16. Thread: Possible CPU problem advice please by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 18 Views 1,711

    How about using an IR thermometer to see what...

    How about using an IR thermometer to see what component temps. are? How about directing a small fan at the open case?
  17. Thread: System Hang On C Drive by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 11 Views 1,306

    Now that the corrupted files seem to be fixed, I...

    Now that the corrupted files seem to be fixed, I may enable search indexing later and see if it behaves. For now, we'll live with slow system searches since we rarely use the function.
  18. Thread: System Hang On C Drive by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 11 Views 1,306

    OK, ChrystalDiskInfo identifies one reallocated...

    OK, ChrystalDiskInfo identifies one reallocated sector and it has 63,000 hours on it. System seems to be running like normal. It's 14 years old, originally a W7 system and the mother board won't...
  19. Thread: System Hang On C Drive by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 11 Views 1,306

    No Didn't get to the crystalsiskinfo yet and the...

    No Didn't get to the crystalsiskinfo yet and the drive is a 7,200 rpm ATA HDD. Ran out time last night.
  20. Thread: FireFox v. 110.0 Consumes C Drive by jamis
    Forum: Browsers and Email
    Replies 5 Views 1,351

    Just a further update on this problem. The...

    Just a further update on this problem. The problem resurfaced and it looked like Microsoft Windows Search Indexer was tying up the drive. I disabled the process at startup and the issue seemed to get...
  21. Thread: System Hang On C Drive by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 11 Views 1,306

    Ran CHKDSK and it finished with corrupted files...

    Ran CHKDSK and it finished with corrupted files fixed.
    Ran SFC and it found and repaired corrupted files.
    Booted system and ran SFC and it found no problems.
    Ran DISM scanhealth and it detected...
  22. Thread: System Hang On C Drive by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 11 Views 1,306

    I ended "Microsoft Windows Search Indexer" and...

    I ended "Microsoft Windows Search Indexer" and the constant 100% active state of the C drive returned to normal activity. Now looking at "COM Surrogate " as it's monopolizing the disk, but not like...
  23. Thread: System Hang On C Drive by jamis
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 11 Views 1,306

    System Hang On C Drive

    I seem to have an intermittent problem with my system. Since the February Tuesday Patch Update, the system will seem to hang processing keyboard or mouse commands. If you try to execute a second...
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    And yet IE11 runs every day on my system and we...

    And yet IE11 runs every day on my system and we don't use it. But then, Microsoft Edge also runs sometimes and we don't use it either. Every time I run CCleaner after internet usage, it finds files...
  25. Thread: FireFox v. 110.0 Consumes C Drive by jamis
    Forum: Browsers and Email
    Replies 5 Views 1,351

    Well this turned out to be sort of a perfect...

    Well this turned out to be sort of a perfect storm issue. After much troubleshooting, I finally found the culprit causing the beginning of the HDD hang. A process called "Windows Compatibility...
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